Laser or GPS?

[mister v]

Garmin S70 watch which i brilliant and the battery lif on it is off the charts, i wear it all the time so it has been money well spent , very accurate and loads of worth while features.
I do have a bushnall laser which comes in handy as well. Im all the gear and no idea

 

[PJ87]

Garmin S70 watch which i brilliant and the battery lif on it is off the charts, i wear it all the time so it has been money well spent , very accurate and loads of worth while features.
I do have a bushnall laser which comes in handy as well. Im all the gear and no idea

The S60 battery life is awful, it lasts 1 round. Has never lasted the 2 claimed

I don't see the point of paying for the s62 when it still works and I rarely play 2 rounds a day

When I do play the 2 day round I'm gonna take a usb charger for lunch and if it dies just use the laser

 

[nickjdavis]

What I hate about some players using lasers is simply their game is not good enough to know the distance that accurately and for some it is a crutch - comes out on every single shot including tees on par 3s which they have played 100s of times, walk up to the tee measure then go back to the bag for a club and then walk about to the tee. We have one guy who we all swear is going to use a laser on the green one day, I have seen him laser from just 20 yards away from the flag.

I always remember the time I had a laser that actually measured to 1/10th of a yard.

I zapped a flag that was 67.3 yards away. I announced to my mate who i was playing with that i did not have a 67.3yd club in the bag....but my SW was a good 67 yards club.

I left my approach 1ft short of the flag.

 

[nickjdavis]

One thing I learnt from having a distance measuring device is that my pace is less than a yard.

Most folks might be surprised at this...average height bloke walking (pacing) normally will be around 2-2.25 ft stride length. You actually have to physically stretch your stride to achieve 3ft....something I laugh at when I see referees pacing out 10 yards at free kicks at football. Often they use a normal stride and you can clearly see, from the pitch markings, that the wall is nowhere near ten yards away...and its even closer by the time the wall has shuffled their feet to remove the spray line.

Maybe footy refs need a laser RF ?

 

[Orikoru]

Most folks might be surprised at this...average height bloke walking (pacing) normally will be around 2-2.25 ft stride length. You actually have to physically stretch your stride to achieve 3ft....something I laugh at when I see referees pacing out 10 yards at free kicks at football. Often they use a normal stride and you can clearly see, from the pitch markings, that the wall is nowhere near ten yards away...and its even closer by the time the wall has shuffled their feet to remove the spray line.

Maybe footy refs need a laser RF ?

That is actually a great idea, why have they never thought of that?? They genuinely gave them a can of shaving foam to draw a line for the wall before they thought of giving them a laser to measure the correct distance? Mental.

 

[Imurg]

That is actually a great idea, why have they never thought of that?? They genuinely gave them a can of shaving foam to draw a line for the wall before they thought of giving them a laser to measure the correct distance? Mental.

They need two blokes running on, each carrying a pole with a bit of string tied between them.....can't believe American Footy still uses this...

 

[Bdill93]

I own both but I prefer GPS.

I use hole19 via my apple watch, start the round on my phone and the watch then takes over on course. Yardages to Front, Middle Back of green, map of the hole available to measure distances, shot distance tracking facility on there too and every score from every round of golf I've ever played are recorded in the app.

Never have I hit a shot and thought it was short or long because the GPS was inaccurate.

I find the laser more useful at other courses (non-home) because of elevation changes etc that you may not account for etc but id only reach for it if I was in a real muddle.

 

[Mandofred]

They need two blokes running on, each carrying a pole with a bit of string tied between them.....can't believe American Footy still uses this...

As with golf......"that's the way we've always done it".

Also....think about how nuts sports supporters are (not talking about jock straps)....if they can't SEE that the ball is far enough or not they won't believe it....and then they will think the deep state might be controlling it....

 

[sjw]

I have a shotscope watch which gives me a load of tracking and stuff, which is useful, and I'm also not accurate enough with my distances to feel like a laser would be more beneficial.

However, I am considering getting a cheap laser for fallback purposes, such as zapping things on unusual courses where I don't otherwise have a reference

 

[Backache]

I appreciate that some folks are quick with lasers and maybe I'd improve if I used it more often but for me even zipping unzipping the case and putting it in and out takes far longer than a glance at my watch without zapping the flag a couple of times to check I've got it rather than the trees behind which has happened occasionally and I've picked it up through the GPS.

 

[nickjdavis]

They need two blokes running on, each carrying a pole with a bit of string tied between them.....can't believe American Footy still uses this...

Nah....just a 10m long pole....ref just keeps prodding the wall with it until he cant reach anymore.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

Laser for me although if I'm playing a new course I will use the watch as well for blind shots.

 

[nickjdavis]

I appreciate that some folks are quick with lasers and maybe I'd improve if I used it more often but for me even zipping unzipping the case and putting it in and out takes far longer than a glance at my watch without zapping the flag a couple of times to check I've got it rather than the trees behind which has happened occasionally and I've picked it up through the GPS.

ahh...i dont keep mine in its case....it is loose in a conveniently handy pocket in the bag!!!

 

[Mandofred]

I appreciate that some folks are quick with lasers and maybe I'd improve if I used it more often but for me even zipping unzipping the case and putting it in and out takes far longer than a glance at my watch without zapping the flag a couple of times to check I've got it rather than the trees behind which has happened occasionally and I've picked it up through the GPS.

I don't unzip anything. I have a bag where I just pull the pocket open and grab the laser....takes a second. Even when I carry during the winter....there is a just an elastic thingie on the case, takes a second. I've nothing against GPS...I'm still thinking about getting one, well....something better than the little old gps I have that I use when it's pissing.

 

[PJ87]

I appreciate that some folks are quick with lasers and maybe I'd improve if I used it more often but for me even zipping unzipping the case and putting it in and out takes far longer than a glance at my watch without zapping the flag a couple of times to check I've got it rather than the trees behind which has happened occasionally and I've picked it up through the GPS.

undo it before you play, the case has a little clip to keep it closed when your in round

or its magnetic and just stick it to the buggy (if in a buggy)

 

[need_my_wedge]

What I hate about some players using lasers is simply their game is not good enough to know the distance that accurately and for some it is a crutch - comes out on every single shot including tees on par 3s which they have played 100s of times, walk up to the tee measure then go back to the bag for a club and then walk about to the tee. We have one guy who we all swear is going to use a laser on the green one day, I have seen him laser from just 20 yards away from the flag.

I caddied for an ex LPGA tour player recently. She asked me for distance to pin on many of the greens, I lasered, gave her the distance in feet and she knocked the ball in if not stone dead everywhere from 90 feet out.

 

[IanM]

You can cure a "laser" is best person but taking them to Perranporth for a game!

 

[sunshine]

Most folks might be surprised at this...average height bloke walking (pacing) normally will be around 2-2.25 ft stride length. You actually have to physically stretch your stride to achieve 3ft....something I laugh at when I see referees pacing out 10 yards at free kicks at football. Often they use a normal stride and you can clearly see, from the pitch markings, that the wall is nowhere near ten yards away...and its even closer by the time the wall has shuffled their feet to remove the spray line.

Maybe footy refs need a laser RF ?

Maybe they should get the VAR to measure the distance to the wall. It would really speed up the game

 

[PJ87]

Maybe they should get the VAR to measure the distance to the wall. It would really speed up the game

You joke but would keep the crowd entertained

 

[hambugerpete]

One thing the stats show is I often miss short , so unless there is no trouble short, I'll generally use the back yardage . This coupled with real distances has been a real useful feature that I wouldn't get with my laser. Which I still have in the bag.